NEW RACING CAR BODY
GERMANS SUPPLY DESIGN CAMPBELL’S LATEST MACHINE LONDON, Feb. 20. Two German air pilots are responsible for the body design of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s new 2000 horse-power racing car. On a dry lake bed near Salt Lake City, he hopes to average 300 miles an hour in August. Eminent British aircraft designers, says the New Chronicle, submitted designs for reducing wind resistance in the car. Not satisfied, Sir Malcolm Campbell turned to the Germans’ design, which gives the car the appearance of a giant flying beetle, with a camel’s hump, and a big blister on each side. The whole of the car is enclosed, except the bottom part of the wheels. The shape was so fantastic that experts were sceptical until wind tunnel tests of models showed a 33- per cent, superiority in wind resistance over "the best British design. The improvement is equivalent to 500 horse-power extra, and makes a speed of 300 miles an hour almost certain. The car, which will be completed in July, will he fitted with twin wheel rear drive, eliminating wheel spin.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18336, 2 March 1934, Page 7
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